Now here comes the fun part! In addition to the individual rebates I listed above, these items all count towards other September rebates as well! All of the items above (except for the Bic markers, these were just freebies for the week) are P&G items and therefore qualify for SCR #75 (spend $30 of P&G products, get a $10 Rite Aid gift card). My total of P&G products equals $33.93 so I'll get this $10 gift card.

Also, the Pantenes qualify for SCR #24 (get a Modella cosmetic bag plus $25 in coupons when you purchase $25 of hair care/skincare/cosmetic items). I had planned on buying the Loreal Anti-Wrinkle concentrate at $14.99 (use $3 coupon and $3 coupon 7/20 SS) - but I couldn't find it in the two stores we went to. I'm going to do some hunting tomorrow to find it. Then I'll get back $14.99 for the Loreal (SCR #21 = $6 profit) and will round out SCR #24.

AND, I'm going to also submit all these receipts (once I get my RA check) here for a $20 ebags gift certificate! So, after I buy the Loreal, I'll have spent $29.92 and I'll be getting back $25.73 in rebates PLUS the Modella bag PLUS the $20 ebags gift certificate! That's what I call a moneymaker!!

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Walgreens - dragged my 2 sisters to 2 different WAG's so I could maximize the John Frieda deal

Did this 5 separate times:

2 John Frieda Luxurious Volume shampoo/conditioner/stylers (has to be the Luxurious Volume variety) $6.49 each, buy one get one 50% off sale - so after tax it works out to $9.73 for two

Then use a $3 off 2 coupon (8/24 SS)

Total is $7.41 and you get back $9 RR = $1.59 profit

Counting the two $9 RR's from this morning, I now have $63 in RR's to use, which is great b/c I totally wiped out my gift cards today buying rebate items. Now I can buy a second set of rebate items to do under DBF's name and I'm sure I can find lots of other goodies to use the RR's on. Justa reminder - RR's are usually only good for 2 weeks so you have to use them fast.

Total was $1.97 - is it crazy that this feels super high to me?!? I'm so used to spending under $1 that my eyes jumped out of my head at this total. I had figured the nail polishes were going to be $3.49 each, so that threw off my calculations.

Now onto the main event...Walgreens! I'm so excited about this one. The stars and planets aligned and gave me a beautiful set of helpful and coupon friendly cashiers and the stores were well stocked. I borrowed this deal from dancinmama and had to adjust it slightly to use up a $4 RR and a $5 RR I had. It went almost perfectly to plan:

Was going to buy WAG Brita filter for $6.99, but they didn't have any in the store, so I bought 2 bags of Tostitos = $7

Coupons used: $10 off $40, $4 RR and $5 RR plus all the ones above

Total was $37.82 (paid w/gift card so OOP = zero) and after the $9 RR and $39.36 in rebates (plus another $10 when I finish the Garnier deal), I made $5.13!

*The sale is buy 2, get $5 RR or buy 3 and get $9 RR. But since the registers ring up each item on a line and then another line for the 50% discount, the system "thinks" you're buying 3 items and gives you $9 RR!

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

REMINDER - since its a holiday weekend, there will be only one coupon insert - the P&G insert. You can check Taylortown to see if you want any of the coupons and if its worth it for you to buy the paper.

As always, my deals all come from the wonderful folks at HCW and Erica at iheartcvs.com and iheartriteaid.com (and very seldomly, from my very own noggin'!). If I've missed anything, please let me know! You can post a comment or email me at frugalsuz@hotmail.com. Here we go...

CVS - *the $2 CVS skincare Q expires 8/31 and you can print a $2 off $10 coupon on iheartcvs.com

Triple Dip alert: Since Pantene is a P&G product, it should count toward SCR #75: $10 RA gift card with $30 P&G purchase AND toward SCR #24: Modella cosmetic bag (worth $25) and $25 in manufacturer's coupons when you purchase $25 of hair care/skincare/cosmetic items. Here's a great scenario from a poster called "jesusisprecieux" at HCW:

Pantene Expressions Conditioner $4.99, use $2 coupon (8/31 P&G) and $1 in-circular coupon = $1.99 OOP (no rebate on this one - limit is one) or $2.99 if store won't allow you to use second in-circular coupon

Total OOP at the store will be $20.18 ($21.18 if you can't use two circular Q's for Pantene), actual OOP (after rebates) will be $4.70 ($5.70 if you can't use Pantene coupons) and you'll get a $10 RA gift card = $4.29 or $5.29 profit

For SCR #24 (Free Modella Bag and coupons w/$25 purchase)

Pantenes from above count towards this deal, so you'd only have to buy:

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Reminder - all of the August P&G coupons expire on 8/31. If you were lucky enough to get the $1 Gilette Satin Care shaving cream coupon, there are trial sizes of this shaving cream for $0.99 out there (I get mine at CVS) and this is a great way to get some free shaving cream. :)

Started off the day with a quick Rite Aid run - spent $2.40 cash and I'll get back $9.98 in rebates = $7.58 profit!

Pert Plus $2.99, used $2 coupon (6/29 SS) and will get back $2 (SCR #94) = $1.01 profit and I found two bottles with "Try Me Free" stickers on them so I'll submit for the Pert rebate as well = $4 profit all together

Bought second bottle to do under DBF's name. The rebate form for this one was lying next to the bottle, and I just realized the Simply Fresh variety doesn't qualify for the manufacturer rebate, so I'll have to exchange this tomorrow.

CVS - I really love the Garnier face lotion and at $12.99 a pop, I'm always on the hunt for a great deal. The deal this week is spend $15 on Garnier/Maybelline, get $5 ECB and there's a limt of 5. I also had a bunch of high value ECB's to use up, so I thunked up myself this little deal. ($2 off $10 and $2 CVS skincare coupon are available on iheartcvs.com) Here's what I did:

I did this on my way into work and as I'm driving in, I'm thinking, hmm, wait a minute. The lotion is $12.99 and the mousse is $3.34. I only need to spend $15 to get my $5 ECB, so I might have a little overage to use for a third transaction. Here's the math: $12.99 x 2 plus $3.34 x 2 = $32.66. That's $2.66 overage, so if I get another lotion at $12.99, I can earn another $5 ECB! Three guesses where I went on my lunch...

Sunday, August 24, 2008

I spent the last several days at the NJ shore. It always amazes me how beautiful the ocean is. My family has gone down to the shore every year for almost 15 years, but I never get over how relaxing and beautiful the sound of the ocean is. I always hate to leave!

A couple weeks back, I thought there was going to be a great deal at CVS involving J&J bath buddies. I participate in a coupon exchange on the MSN message boards and I received a ton of these coupons from my houndfriends. The deal fell through, but I would hate to let all these Q's go to waste, so I've been trying to use them up before their 8/23 expiration date. I needed cat litter anyway, so I went over to Target:

Total was $19.60 - ouch! But at least I'm set on litter for a while. I've been trying to find a deal on this stuff, but I've had no luck. I can't even find this litter in pet stores - isn't that weird?!?

Monday, August 18, 2008

I know its early, but the rest of my week is going to be insanely busy so I wanted to post the upcoming deals now while I have a chance. As always, my deals all come from the wonderful folks at HCW and Erica at iheartcvs.com and iheartriteaid.com (and very seldomly, from my very own noggin'!). If I've missed anything, please let me know! You can post a comment or email me at frugalsuz@hotmail.com. Here we go...

CVS - don't forget about the $2 off $10 coupon on iheartcvs.com

NEW- buy any 2 CVS brand hand sanitizers, get $1 ECB. You can use the $2 CVS skincare coupon on these. The coupon beeps if you use more than one per transaction, so buy your 2 sanitizers separately. I'm not sure of the prices, but I think you should be able to find some that qualify for the deal around or under $2 each, so this should be free or a moneymaker.

NEW - Revlon makeup is BOGO, find cheapest items (probably nail polish) for around $3.50 and use two $2 coupons (7/20 or 8/3 SS or in upcoming 8/24 paper) = around $0.50 profit

Pepsi 4 cases for $12, get $3 ECB. Combine this with this Sobe Life Water coupon (free bottle for every case of Pepsi you buy) and you've got yourself a great deal. Sobe is on sale 5 for $5 and you get $2 ECB for every 5 you buy (limit 1). So buy 4 cases of Pepsi and 5 bottles Sobe, use four Sobe coupons and you'll be making $1 on the Sobe.

Pert Plus $2.99, use $2 coupon (8/3 SS) and get back $2 SCR #94 = $1.01 profit *Even better if you can find any bottles with "Try Me Free" stickers on them! Tip from emhalf - buy 2 bottles and use two $2 coupons to get two bottles for free. Here's the math: $2.99 x 2 = $5.98 - $2 Q - $2 Q = $1.98 and get back $2 rebate = $0.02 profit. Great deal if you use tons of Pert! Also keep in mind the Pert Plus/Sure and school supplies rebate form!

NEW - *Deal good all of September - Visine 0.5 oz ~$3.49 or $3.99, use $2 coupon from Sept. Easy Saver booklet (page 10) and $3 coupon from the All You magazine (found in Walmart checkouts) = FREE or profit, depending on store's policies on overage

*This is a September rebate so buy on or after 8/29: Glade PlugIns scented oil warmers BOGO sale (2 for $4.79), use $4 coupon (8/3 SS), get back $1 each (Sept. ESR #34, limit 4 rebates). So buy 4 = $9.58 and use two $4 coupons (using more will create overage and I'm not sure if register will accept it) = $1.58 and get back $4 in rebates = $2.42 profit (even more if you can use more Q's) EVEN BETTER - there are BOGO coupons coming out in the 8/24 paper for these. So...if your store lets you do this (and there's no reason why they shouldn't, but you know how these things go), you could get four for free (BOGO sale plus two BOGO coupons) and get back $4 in rebate = $4 profit!

I think I'm done with the Be Fine Q after today's deals. I'm exhausted from planning deals, picking everything out in the store and then going to pay only to find out the store won't take the coupon. I've gone to three different RA's and been allowed to use the Q at two out of the three stores. One store allowed me to use it, then didn't allow me on another transaction, then allowed me on the third transaction (different days, different cashiers). Frankly, I'm beat! :)

Total was $2.66 - just the tax. In retrospect, I should have used two $1 Garnier coupons, but at the time, I was thinking my total would be lower and using these coupons would have brought me into the negative. I was surprised at how much the tax was on this transaction, but its still a great deal for all this stuff.

The cashier was being a pain and put the Mighty Dog's in as the regular price ($0.62 each) instead of sale price, so he wouldn't take my 6th coupon. Sigh. My total was $1.44 ($1 tax). Not bad for all this pet food!

CVS - bought 6 papers, $12, used $11.58 ECB and paid $0.42 cash

Rite Aid - best score was all those coupon booklets! They had a huge stack in my store so I lightened their load considerably. Now I have oodles of $5 Be Fine coupons to use before the end of the week! I wonder how many I can put to good use...

Be Fine single pack $1.99, used $5 Be Fine coupon from booklet = $3.01 profit

2nd Transaction - putting the Be Fine Q to good use! Went back to above store to do another Be Fine deal and the very same cashier from the morning wouldn't accept the very same Be Fine coupon she accepted in the morning without a problem. Ugh, so off to another store we went:

Be Fine single pack $1.99, used $5 Be Fine coupon from booklet = $3.01 profit

12 packets of Kool Aid singles $0.12 each = $1.50 - because I bought these, I was able to use the freebie coupons from the All You magazine to get the following items for free: 2 packages Oscar Mayer hot dogs ($4.49 each), Wheat Thins $3.79 and Crystal Lite $3.69

Total was $15.32 and I got back $8 in rewards. My subtotal before card savings and coupons was $75.23 - that's a savings of 60!

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Amiyrah posted this awesome deal on the WIR boards a while back and I've been meaning to post it here as well. Text "FUSION" to 467467 and then follow the prompts (it asks you for your name and address). Guess what they'll send you? A coupon for a free bottle of V8 Fusion juice! This stuff is great and normally pricey, so this deal is awesome. The coupon is good until the end of October, so I'm hanging on to mine in the hopes they'll be a BOGO sale sometime in the future - then I could get 2 bottles for free. Thanks Amiyrah!Sorry folks - this deal isn't working any longer. :(

Just a reminder that I keep a running list of printable rebate offers on my blog under the "Rebates" category on the right hand side of the page. I just added a new one for Kellogg's cereal.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

To give proper credit, my deals all come from the wonderful folks at HCW and Erica at iheartcvs.com and iheartriteaid.com. If I've missed anything, please let me know! You can post a comment or email me at frugalsuz@hotmail.com. Here we go...

A&P - there are lots of great deals this week. Here's what I worked up:For the General Mills Spend$30, get $8 in rewards deal:

Total will be $12.10 after coupons and I'll get back $8 in rewards - $4 for all this food - works for me!

For the Kraft Spend $30, Get $7 in rewards deal:

I picked up 5 copies of the current issue of All You magazine at Walmart today (found in check out aisles, not with magazines). This magazine is awesome and always has tons of really valuable coupons in it. It costs $1.97 each although mine rang up as $1.77. Inside on pg. 159 are great Kraft coupons: Free Kraft dressing, Wheat Thins, Crystal Lite or Oscar Mayer hot dogs when you buy 3 Kraft, Nabisco or Oscar Mayer products. These work really well with the A&P deals this week. Single packages of Kool Aid are 8 for $1 and this qualifies as a product to use for the freebie coupons. This is a great way to use these freebie coupons with very little OOP.

CVS - not really seeing much this week, which is fine with me. I can definitely use a CVS break after all the hounding I did on Sunday! :) Here are some "almost" freebies:

NEW- Almost forgot about this! RA has coupon booklets out that are good until 8/23. I got mine in my paper, but they should also have them in the stores (check stands when you walk in store or with the cashiers). Here's what it looks like:

These are Rite Aid coupons, which means they can be combined with manufacturer's coupons. The coupon I'm really excited about is on the 4th page and is a $5 off any Be Fine skincare product. RA sells single serve face washes/scrubs (pic here) for $1.99 - which means this coupon will give you $3.01 overage! In my store, these are in their own display case near the shampoo (not with skincare). I think I'm going to use that to buy the toothpaste below and something else. Oh the possibilities!

NEW- decided what to do with my Be Fine overage. I may have to go to three stores b/c the Be Fine Q's say one per customer. I'll probably do one transaction, have DBF do second and head on to another store for third trans. Here goes:

Skippy PB six for $10, use six $0.60 coupons (8/17 RP) and get back $4 RR = $0.40 a jar

Ragu sauce six for $10, use three $1 off 2 coupons (8/17 RP) and get back $4 RR = $0.50 a jar

*The Ragu and Skippy are part of the same deal so you can mix and match if your store doesn't have six of each. If you're going to buy 6 jars of Skippy and 6 jars of Ragu - I would do separate transactions just to be sure you get both RR's.

Pantene Pro-V two for $8, use $1 off 2 coupon (8/3 P&G) and get back $3 RR = $4. If the Restoratives and/or Expressions are included in the sale, there is a rebate of $5.99 when you buy two = $1.99 profit

Some things I'll be picking up using all of my RR's from the Kellogg's deal last week (not freebies, but good prices in my humble opinion): $0.39 bubble mailers (with in-circular coupon, limit 6), Red Baron pizzas two for $5 (love these!) and Bertolli frozen dinners (yum!) $5.99 each - two $1.50 coupons (7/13 RP) and get back $5 RR's when you buy two = $3.98 for two.

2 Nature Made vitamins, BOGO sale, had coupon for free bottle from Nature Made = FREE

Used $5 RR

Total was $0.70

Ok, now comes CVS. I have to say, I'm pretty tired from doing all this hounding, but it also feels great to get this done in one day. I bought $181.75 worth of merchandise, used $31.99 in ECB's, paid $8.18 on gift cards and got back $68 ECB's = $27.83 profit. Here's how I did it:

The $2 off $10 and $2 CVS skincare coupons are both available at iheartcvs.com (Printable Q's link). You can print J&J Bath Buddies Q's here: $1 coupons here and here and $2 off 2 coupons here and here. I have tons because other hounds sent me extras.

As I was buying my Pop Tarts & Special K bars and then again at a different WAG where I got the Glade, I overheard customers having the same discussion with managers - they'd bought some variation of the cereal items on sale this week...but they did not get any RR's, what gives? They'd both must have done this same deal earlier in the week because they'd used the $5 RR they'd earned previously to buy the cereal today. Here's why this didn't work:

Walgreens advertises that Register Rewards/RR's can be used like cash on your next transaction...but that's not really the case (dirty, stinkin' liars! lol). In actuality, RR's are manufacturer's coupons that are only good at Walgreens.

The catch is that you can't "roll" RR's. (Rolling is when you buy an item, it earns you a reward (ie. RR at WAG, ECB at CVS, etc.), and you turn around and use that reward to buy more of the same item...to get another reward - you CAN do this at CVS with ECB's, which is one of the reasons I love CVS so much.)

Since RR's are manufacturer's coupons, you can't use them to buy any items from that same company that are also generating RR's. This is what tripped up the folks tonight. They were using a Kellogg's RR to buy more Kellogg's. This would have been fine if the Kellogg's hadn't been producing RR's, but since its supposed to, the second set of RR's won't print. I know, its a pain.

However, you can use your RR's to buy something from another company. So I could use my Kellogg's RR's from today to buy Dove chocolates and the Dove RR would print without a problem.

You can also use your RR's to buy pretty much anything in the store - I like to use mine for groceries whenever possible. They're usually only good for two weeks or so, so I try to use mine ASAP so I don't forget about them.

I discovered last night that a bunch of my precious J&J Bath Buddies coupons are gonna expire in a couple weeks - we can't have that, can we?!? So, I decided it was time to use these puppies. I have so many because some wonderful and generous hounds on the WIR boards sent them to me for a deal a couple weeks back. That deal fell through, but the bath buddies are regularly priced at $0.99 at CVS and many other stores - so they're free with the coupons. Here are the links to the coupons: $1 coupons here and here and $2 off 2 coupons here and here

Walgreens

Glade fabric freshner $2.99, used $1.50 coupon from WAG August Easy Saver book and $1.50 coupon = $0.20 after tax

6 Pop Tarts and 4 Special K bars, used three $1 off 2 Pop Tarts (8/3 RP) and four $1 Special K coupons = $14.98

Got back $10 RR ($5 for Pop Tarts and $5 for Special K) and I'll submit for the $10 rebate in the 8/3 RP = $5.02 profit!

CVSFirst Transaction

6 J&J Bath Buddies $0.99 each, used six coupons

Total was $0.42 (tax)

Second & Third Transactions - did this twice so I could use the $2 off $10 coupon twice :)

When I finished with the second transaction, the cashier (a young guy) looks up at me and says "wait a minute, did you just buy all the same stuff as you did before?" Yup, me replies. "Wow" - hardy har har, I was laughing to myself so hard. I really love teenage guy cashiers (assuming they're nice, of course) - they're so funny. :)

ShopRite

2 twin packs English Muffins $3

2 Ken's dressing 8 oz. two for $2, used $1 off 2 coupon (8/3 SS) = two for $1

More bath buddies (yes, I know, my apartment is slowly being taken over by these!)

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

To give proper credit, my deals all come from the wonderful folks at HCW and Erica at iheartcvs.com and iheartriteaid.com. If I've missed anything, please let me know! You can post a comment or email me at frugalsuz@hotmail.com. Here we go...

CVSDon't forget to use the new $2 off $10 coupon available on iheartcvs.com (Printable Coupons link) - its good through September so be sure to print lots and lots of copies. :)

NEW - Roc Skincare But $30 get $10 ECB, cheapest item is $7.99 (Age Diminishing Facial Cleanser) Repeat this transaction four times: Roc $7.99 and CVS sunblock $2.19 = $10.18 and use $2 off $10, $2 off CVS Skincare, $1 Sunblock coupon and $5.00 IP for Roc or here (tip - you have to sign up for the newsletter to get it to print, hit back to print 2nd one) = $0.18 ($0.72 total) and get back $10 = $9.28 profit! Its unclear if the stores will let you use BOTH the $2 skincare and $1 sublock coupons, but even if they don't let you use the sunblock Q, you're still making a profit!

I've been thinking about this and I'm not sure the store will let me use the $2 CVS skincare coupon with the $1 sunblock coupon - so here's an alternate deal I thunkd up: Roc cleanser $7.99, CVS travel size skincare whatever $0.99 and 2 J&J bath buddies $1.98. Then use $5 Roc coupon, $2 off $10, $2 CVS skincare coupon and 2 J&J coupons. Total should be negative $0.04 - so zero. Repeat four times and you'll get yourself a $10 ECB. :)

Alavert $5.99, use $4 coupon(you can print multiple copies) and get back $3 ECB (limit 1) = $1.01 profit! I also got a $2 Alavert coupon from the scanner - so be sure to check your receipts for this!

Thanks Amiyrah - almost forgot about this one! The deal is buy $10 of candy, get $5 ECB, including Dove chocolate. The bags are 2 for $6. Buy 4 and use four $1.50 coupons (5/11 RP) and get 4 bags for $1 after coupons and ECB's. Or use two of the BOGO printable coupons (from a while back, not available anymore unfortunately) combined with two of the $1.50 coupons (if your store will let you) and get 4 bags for $3 before ECB's = $2.00 profit!

Walgreens

NEW - Moneymaker using $5 rebate on Pert/Sure & School Supplies from 8/3 SS: buy two Pert Plus $3.79 each, use two $2 coupons (8/3 SS) and ten Bic Ink Pens $0.50 each, use five $1 off 2 coupons or from the 8/3 SS = $3.58 and get back $5 rebate for school supplies plus $3.79 WAG rebate ($4.17 after 10% bonus) = $5.59 profit!

NEW - Extra Gum $1.19, use BOGO coupon (8/3 SS) and in-circular coupon to make them $0.59 each = $0.01 profit *Tip - use the manufacturer's BOGO coupon first so they'll take off the $1.19 price. :)

Scott 4 pack of toilet paper $1.99 with in-circular coupon, use $0.75 coupon (7/27 SS) *Note - the coupon is for the extra soft tp, and I'm not quite sure if the extra soft is included in the sale - so we'll have to see how it goes. If it works = $1.25 for 4 pk. of tp - not too shabby

Rite Aid

Electrasol $3.99, use $2.25 (7/13 SS) and get back $2 SCR #146 = $0.26 profit**Coupon expires on 8/10 so you'll have to do this on Sunday**